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Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Laos  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
  • The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
28  
20

How Many Consonants
13  
3
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Thai and Lao Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  

Thank You
Kiitos  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  

Please
haluta  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  

Bye
Heippa  
Sôhk dii der  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Vientiane Lao  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Laos  

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Northern Lao  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Laos  

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Central Lao  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
Not Available  

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao  

French Name
finnois  
lao  

German Name
Finnisch  
Laotisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
pʰáːsǎː láːw  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1543  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Tai  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
No Early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Lao  

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
lo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
lao  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
lao  

ISO 639 3
fin  
lao  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
finn1318  
laoo1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Isolating  

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Finnish and Lao Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Lao language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Lao language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Finnish and Lao Language History.

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Finnish and Lao Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Finnish and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Finnish and Lao language. Finnish word for "Hello" is Moi or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Finnish Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Finnish vs Lao Difficulty

The Finnish vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Finnish Alphabets and Lao Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Finnish and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Finnish and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Finnish is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.

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